"I'm going to finish my damn story!": a support thread

[StillStunned]

I have never finished a story I've written. I really want to finish my current story, Ashes To Ashlynn because I want to publish it. It might sound corny but I'm really proud of it and love it when people enjoy reading it.
I'm nearing the end of my story and I really want to make it until the end.

 

[Bazzle]

Even Anonymous wants to finish Mean Business Part 4...i've got 5k words written for it...but its complicated.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

My latest is just over 8K words, and it's getting there.

 

[StillStunned]

Even Anonymous wants to finish Mean Business Part 4...i've got 5k words written for it...but its complicated.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

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Even Anonymous wants to finish Mean Business Part 4...i've got 5k words written for it...but its complicated.

I've got a big complication in my writing, too. Without my permission, at least 75% of what I've written for the last decade or so is now stored in the cloud, thanks to Word. Since I haven't been able to retrieve it, I've got techies at Staples seeing what they can do. I've got full length books, most of my Lit stories prior to 2025, and a lot of unfinished work, so unless they can find it, I've lost it all.

 

[Bazzle]

I've got a big complication in my writing, too. Without my permission, at least 75% of what I've written for the last decade or so is now stored in the cloud, thanks to Word. Since I haven't been able to retrieve it, I've got techies at Staples seeing what they can do. I've got full length books, most of my Lit stories prior to 2025, and a lot of unfinished work, so unless they can find it, I've lost it all.

That is seriously not good news!!!

I have stuff on the cloud, on hard drives, duplicated everywhere...not always the same version, but a version.

I feel sorry for you

 

[Smuttyandfun]

That is seriously not good news!!!

I have stuff on the cloud, on hard drives, duplicated everywhere...not always the same version, but a version.

I feel sorry for you

Thanks. I just wish I could find a solution. It was all stored on my hard drive, then one day I noticed it was gone. So frustrating. Now the guys at Staples are probably going to get off on reading my stuff. lol

 

[StillStunned]

Thanks. I just wish I could find a solution. It was all stored on my hard drive, then one day I noticed it was gone. So frustrating. Now the guys at Staples are probably going to get off on reading my stuff. lol

You should have said it was your great aunt's computer that you found after she died. You never knew she was a writer, and now you're curious about what she wrote.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

You should have said it was your great aunt's computer that you found after she died. You never knew she was a writer, and now you're curious about what she wrote.

Yeah, I could tell them she was wild old lady. But since they're already looking for what I've written, they know it's me writing all the smutty stuff. So, I can't really blame it on my kinky old auntie.

 

[Statius]

It goes slowly, this rewrite. 5 paragraphs in and now I'm debating tense. It's 1st person, but these opening paragraphs need to be both present and past- there's a before the prologue and after the prologue dynamic here. Yes I could simplify the whole thing and be direct, but I have 2 issues with that.

1. Seems boring, dry, mundane and I plain don't want to

2. I feel like the simple, direct way will short change not just the 1st person narrative, but the MC as well; take away from her complexity and the emotional turmoil and something of the self isolation she is in.

However, attempting the more complex way is very challenging as it requires a certain amount of narrative wandering, which I'm good at, but this needs to be tightly controlled or obviously it gets confusing for the reader. All this while changing the mood and tone of the whole story and cutting the parts that no longer fit that I still have some attachment to, despite how corny they may be.

That's enough whining for now. Back to it!

 

[StillStunned]

That's enough whining for now. Back to it!

 

[Statius]

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How can I when YOU keep interrupting me with your funny ass Monty Python memes?

Huh Tim? Huh? Answer me that!

 

[StillStunned]

How can I when YOU keep interrupting me with your funny ass Monty Python memes?

Huh Tim? Huh? Answer me that!

 

[Statius]

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[pink_silk_glove]

Difficult real life week, had no time to write. Now the weekend is here and just got a big sex scene done (I'm sure that it will need important edits), 1000+ more words, up over 49k. Hopefully a couple more scenes wrapped up in the next 24 hours or so.

And 1300 words in point form to frame up this scene to end chapter 5. Up over 50k now. This will be a long scene once I get it fleshed out, probably the longest of the entire novel but we'll see. This will take a few hours to flesh out, probably a couple of long sittings, but now my weekend is over and back to the grind.

 

[Statius]

You should have said it was your great aunt's computer that you found after she died. You never knew she was a writer, and now you're curious about what she wrote.

There's a show on Netflix that just used this gag. 'Nobody Wants This'.

 

[StillStunned]

I've managed to add nearly 600 words today, on top of about 750 yesterday. The big fight scene, which I was dreading. It's just reached its climax, with a sacrifice to galvanise the party. It feels like it's all heading towards the ending from here.

 

[Statius]

I've managed to add nearly 600 words today, on top of about 750 yesterday. The big fight scene, which I was dreading. It's just reached its climax, with a sacrifice to galvanise the party. It feels like it's all heading towards the ending from here.

WAY

TO

GO

!!!!